Training Schedule for Summer 2008
VISTA STUDENT ORIENTATIONS FOR SUMMER 2008
Friday, May 30, 2008
Time: 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Location: University Hall, Room 112
Registration Deadline: May 29, 2008 at 3:00 p.m.
Seating is limited. Please email the Helpdesk at helpdesk@armstrong.edu. Please include your name, email address, phone number and the session you would like to attend.
Tuesday, June 3, 2008
Time: 5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
Location: University Hall, Room 112
Registration Deadline: June 2, 2008 at 3:00 p.m.
Seating is limited. Please email the Helpdesk at helpdesk@armstrong.edu. Please include your name, email address, phone number and the session you would like to attend.
Introduction to Vista: Communication Tools and File Management
Date: Monday, May 12, 2008
Time: 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Location: Solms Hall, Room 207
REGISTRATION CLOSED
Participants take a hands-on tour of the Vista environment, learn to create a discussions board, and add icons that link to Vista tools and pages of content. Explore how to use communication tools such as email and chat and learn how to manage files and create a learning module in the Vista environment. Seating is limited. Please email the Helpdesk at helpdesk@armstrong.edu to reserve a seat in the workshop. This workshop is for Faculty and Staff only.
Managing Grade Book and Creating Quizzes for Vista Using Respondus
Date: Wednesday, May 14, 2008
Location: Solms 207
Time: 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
REGISTRATION CLOSED
This session will cover the many options available to instructors when managing student information such as posting student grades and managing the Vista electronic gradebook as well as answer questions about tracking student access and usage within the Vista course. In addition, we will show you how to add assessments to Vista using Respondus. Seating is limited. Please email the Helpdesk at helpdesk@armstrong.edu to reserve a seat in the workshop. This workshop is for Faculty and Staff only.
PowerPoint 2003
Date: Wednesday, June 25, 2008
Location: Solms 207
Time: 2:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Registration Deadline: Tuesday, June 24, 2008 at 3:00 p.m.
PowerPoint can greatly enhance a lecture or professional presentation by enabling faculty to incorporate graphics, audio, and video into their presentations. This introductory session will give instructors a hands-on approach.
Open Vista Support Sessions
These sessions will be held Monday - Friday beginning Wednesday, May 28, 2008, and ending Friday, June 13, 2008. All sessions will be held from 3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. in the MCC Annex. This is a question and answer session. Please prepare specific questions and bring materials (i.e., syllabus, lecture notes, assessments) on a disk or flash drive. These sessions are for Faculty and Staff only.
To sign up for a session please email the Helpdesk at
helpdesk@armstrong.edu. Please include your name, email address, phone number and the session you would like to attend.